Yeah yours had a good bit of wholes, I used money I got back from financial aid from my school, so im broke now, but about to sell a truck I bought for 200 bucks selling it for 500, then selling a pathfinder for 2000+ and paid 700 for it. so ill be able to sink some more money in it, the springs are pretty good, but with the rear as crappy as it is and no sway bar I dont think it will feel good. once every part of it is good I think it will all tie together and feel good driving down the road.

 

Started working on my blocks for my truck, swapping in 77 leaf springs.

U bolts suck from 73. But cutoff wheels are awesome

 

PB Blaster. Cans of it. Daily for up to a week. I'm doing the same swap, rear end included. Hoping and praying the bolts on my 72' don't give me grief.

Already disassembled the 77' which was a breeze. Although I did smash my finger between a cheater bar and the frame on one of the shackle bolts. Talk about ouch. Literally laid me out for a minute.

 

Too many threads to do 8 stubborn nuts, I did 4 cuts and had it all disconected quick, Im just still scared of a grinder...

One thing i did notice is that the 73 leafs have 5 and the 77 have only 3... Which do yall think I should use, im thinking the 73s. Oh well now that they are out I can replace the worn busted bushings.

the 77 spring


the 73

would it be safe to clamp 4 of them together for stiffer springs?






machined the bad part, still need to take it down more, then weld a plate on top and probably drill and tap and counterbore a tiny bit and use a strong allencap screw for the dimple that keeps the rear end from moving? I dont know yet. Lol im cheap if im doing this for lowering blocks, the rear end perches are wayyyy to small for these blocks

 

are those 3 inch blocks? i just threw 3 inchers in mine with no issues. stock 73 leafs and shackles

 

Yeah but the spring perch on the rear end are way to narrow for these blocks being that they are hollow on the inside, thats why these blocks were damaged, they were on a jeep and had the same issue, Im welding quarter inch plates on one or both ends to fix this problem.

 

wait, wat? i just threw em on and havnt issues, mine are the same hollow block. what is too narrow for em?

edit: ohhhh i see what you mean, the perch on the axel is waaay to short for the blocks...lol now i got a new problem. Im just going to go and insert an 1/8th inch plate between the top of the block and the bottom of the axel perch...i might even weld the plate to the axel if im feeling in the mood, but i doubt it, who needs safety anyways

 

Safety is for people who dont want to have fun.

 

^^^^ What he said

 

New problem.

So I have been having problem with rust in the fuel since ive got this truck, I threw a fuel cell in the back as a quick solution to a problem(still have the 73 tank I plan on getting redone), and then the fuel lines look like they rusted, now I have a plastic fuel cell, and rubber lines going from it to my mechanical fuel pump. And now it seems that my gas is coming out orange, there is no metal anywhere before the fuel pump and its coming out orange before the pump, I think the fuel cell cap or lid lets water in. I guess im going to flush the whole thing, replace my filters, put fresh gas in it and put a trash bag over the fuel cell and see what happens. Its just weird.

 

Yeaaa!!! A trash bag that gonna be sweet no sarcasm please take pics... that's gangster!!!!

 

haha ok, I got it running again, pulled the carb apart, cleaned that, flushed the fuel system, replaced the fuel filter, put fresh gas in and put everything back together and runs great, I do have a white trashbag over the fuel cell lol.

 

Fixed my water leak today, had corosion on the bottom hose so I guess from sitting somehow the radiator pipe slowly slid off of the water outlet and started leaking, fixed now.

also ordered sway bar bushings, and leaf spring bushings, and my friend is getting me some half inch plate so I can machine a .250 relief out of it for the spring perch and machine .250 out of my lowering blocks, so that it will widen where my lowering block sits on the spring perch and not mess up my block, because the blocks I have are too wide for the toyota perch.

 

so this truck has sat untouched for a long time, i crank it up everynow and then, im itching to have a v8 something but i have 8 vehicles, one being a 77 celica which would be perfect but the rear axle wouldnt handle it. im thinking 302, 305-350sbc, and I can use a ford 8.8 from a explorer and be good to roll. Im working on my corolla at the moment tore it apart in Feb and I am about to get her running its a 83 corolla with a 1990 mazda mx6 turbo engine(same one used in ford probes) with a mazda b2200 5spd trans. just wanted fuel injection and turbo, a little extra hp to help it drift

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I have my 85 chevy truck with a 305 sbc so ill get some measurments and see if it will even work.